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Big Break is an annual, international feature and television screenwriting contest designed to launch the careers of aspiring writers. Big Break rewards screenwriters with over $80,000 in cash and prizes, including a trip to Los Angeles, attendance at the Final Draft Awards, and A-list executive meetings. Winners and finalists alike have had their screenplays optioned and produced and have secured high-profile representation as well as lucrative writing deals.

Since its inception in 1999, Big Break has awarded screenwriters with over $600,000 in cash and prizes and invaluable industry exposure. A panel of notable industry professionals conducts the final judging.

Deadline/Entry Fees

Expired. Previous Deadline: 06/30/2015

Rules

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Awards

11 Feature and TV Winners share over $80,000 in cash and prizes! The Big Break grand-prize feature winner will take home $15,000 in cash plus win a trip to Los Angeles and 3-night hotel stay (unless winner resides in or around Los Angeles). The TV grand-prize winner will win $2,500 plus the trip to Los Angeles. Both winners are taken to industry meetings, dinner with working screenwriters, lunch with Big Break industry judges, and more! The winners will also be a special guest at the unforgettable Final Draft Annual Awards where the top screenwriters from film and television gather for the Screenwriters Choice Awards and the Hall of Fame. Please see website for details.

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13.1 by Chad Rhiness has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition. Christopher Iannacone's The Blacklist script "William Henry Booker (No. 58)" was named the TV winner.